VIDENDUM MEDIA SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+375.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-24.2% vs 2023
Employees
61
+1.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-28.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company's Directors have determined that as a result of a material uncertainty existing in Videndum PLC (the Group), this creates a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern, such that it may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. Further detail on the assessment of going concern can be found within note 4(a) to the financial statements.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- VIDENDUM MEDIA SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 2022-05-24 → present
- VITEC IMAGING SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 2018-02-28 → 2022-05-24
- MANFROTTO UK LIMITED 2014-01-07 → 2018-02-28
- MANFROTTO LIGHTING LIMITED 2012-01-03 → 2014-01-07
- LASTOLITE LIMITED 1985-12-30 → 2012-01-03
- SWIFT 823 LIMITED 1985-11-15 → 1985-12-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,505,000 | £12,282,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£756,000 | -£958,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£823,000 | -£1,059,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,002,000 | -£984,000 | |
| Cash | £223,000 | £1,060,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,124,000 | £3,893,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,074,000 | £3,090,000 | |
| Equity | £4,074,000 | £3,090,000 | |
| Average employees | 60 | 61 | |
| Wages | £1,484,000 | £1,753,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.6% | -7.8% | |
| Net margin | -7.4% | -8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -14.8% | -24.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.69x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | -11.28x | -9.49x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company's Directors have determined that as a result of a material uncertainty existing in Videndum PLC (the Group), this creates a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern, such that it may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. Further detail on the assessment of going concern can be found within note 4(a) to the financial statements.”
Group structure
- VIDENDUM MEDIA SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED · parent
- Colorama Photodisplay Holdings Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2025 we have commenced a consultation with employees of the Company based at the Ashby De La Zouch site to transfer manufacturing activities away from the site and subject to the outcome of this, the Company is likely to close its Ashby site in 2026 and expects this process to take longer than 12 months to complete.”
- “Total restructuring costs including in the current year profit and loss were £243,000”
- “On 30 March 2026, the Group completed a refinancing. The refinancing significantly deleverages the capital structure, materially improves key credit metrics and positions the business to deliver on its potential with the support of the new Super Senior Facility and available cash on the balance sheet.”
- “Videndum Group Limited ("VGL") was incorporated on 6 August 2025 with a registered number 16632477. On 5 September 2025 VGL entered into a share purchase agreement with Videndum plc to purchase all shares free from all encumbrances and together with all rights attached in the subsidiaries of Videndum plc.”
- “On 15 September 2025, the investment in shares held by Videndum Group Limited has been provided as security against the Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility held by the Group.”
- “On 10 March 2026, Videndum plc published a combined prospectus and circular (the "Prospectus") detailing the Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer to raise gross proceeds of £85 million (the "Capital Raising") and the broader Refinancing.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOLTON, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2011-03-04 | — | — |
| BOLTON, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2011-03-04 | Jul 1966 | British |
| MARTIN, Neil Keith | Director | 2013-07-24 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MORGAN, Brian | Director | 2025-10-13 | Nov 1972 | Irish |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY, Claire | Secretary | 2002-08-09 | 2011-03-04 |
| HENRY, Margaret Crystella | Secretary | — | 2002-08-09 |
| BANCROFT, John Anthony | Director | 1994-12-03 | 1996-03-31 |
| BERNARDI, Francesco | Director | 2011-03-04 | 2011-10-12 |
| CARR, Christopher William | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2026-01-13 |
| CASTLE, Ian James | Director | 2024-10-30 | 2025-12-19 |
| COKE, Simon | Director | — | 2006-04-28 |
| DAVIS, Michael Leslie | Director | 2000-04-28 | 2011-03-04 |
| FIELDEN, Nigel John | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2013-12-31 |
| FRIZZO, Loris | Director | 2011-03-04 | 2025-04-30 |
| GREEN, Martin Jon | Director | 2011-03-04 | 2023-01-12 |
| HAYES, Paul Andrew | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2017-04-28 |
| HAYNES, Richard Ian | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2011-03-04 |
| HENRY, Margaret Crystella | Director | — | 2006-04-28 |
| HENRY, Martin Brian Sandham | Director | — | 2006-04-28 |
| HENRY, Sean Blair Justin | Director | 1990-09-01 | 2013-07-24 |
| HUDSON, Clive | Director | 1997-01-20 | 1998-10-31 |
| KEARNEY-CROFT, Katharina Helen Marie | Director | 2017-04-24 | 2019-09-13 |
| LANGLEY, Mark | Director | 2011-08-18 | 2013-07-24 |
| LANGLEY, Mark | Director | 2003-11-24 | 2011-03-04 |
| O'BRIEN, Nigel William | Director | 2011-08-18 | 2013-09-08 |
| O'BRIEN, Nigel William | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2011-03-04 |
| PEZZANA, Marco | Director | 2011-10-12 | 2024-10-24 |
| RIGAMONTI, Andrea Emilio | Director | 2023-01-12 | 2024-12-19 |
| SCOTT, James Edward | Director | 2023-11-23 | 2025-07-31 |
| SIMPSON, James Robert | Director | 1992-07-17 | 1994-09-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Videndum Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-9.1%
£13,505,000 £12,282,000
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Cash
+375.3%
£223,000 £1,060,000
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Net assets
-24.2%
£4,074,000 £3,090,000
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Employees
+1.7%
60 61
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Operating profit
-26.7%
-£756,000 -£958,000
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Profit before tax
-28.7%
-£823,000 -£1,059,000
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Wages
+18.1%
£1,484,000 £1,753,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers